The BBC and the Telegraph report that International Development Secretary Priti Patel held meetings in Israel without informing the Foreign Office. The report claims that Patel was accompanied in Israel by Lord Polak from Conservative Friends of Israel and that Patel took time out from a personal holiday in August to meet with Yesh Atid leader Yair Laipd.

The Guardian comments on Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at last night’s special dinner in London to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Balfour declaration. The report says that Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn was unable to attend because of pre-existing engagements and instead sent Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary.

Sky News reports that Israeli aircraft carried out an air strike in western Syria. The report quotes the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, who reported that the strike targeted a Syrian military or Hezbollah installation that was believed to manufacture rockets.

The Financial Times has published extracts from Simon Schama’s lecture at the Royal Academy marking the centenary of the Balfour Declaration on Wednesday evening in London.

The Telegraph and The Times report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May. Both newspapers mention the large police presence at No. 10 Downing Street during the meeting. The Telegraph says that the Prime Minister told Netanyahu that Britain remained committed to a two-state solution with a viable Palestinian state.

In Israeli media, Israel Hayom focuses on Netanyahu’s visit to London with a headline “Regards from 10 Downing Street” while Kan Radio News reports on the meeting between Prime Ministers Netanyahu and May. May rejected Palestinian calls for Britain to apologise for the Balfour Declaration and said that London was proud to stand with and declare its support for Israel. At a festive event last night in London she stressed that a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians would require concessions and compromises by both sides. At an earlier meeting with Netanyahu, May expressed profound concern over construction in what she called the illegal settlements but added that the settlements were not the sole obstacle to peace.

Yediot Ahronot reports that the two leaders also discussed Iran, with Netanyahu saying that the goal he had in mind was not for keeping or eliminating the deal, but rather for improving the deal and correcting its main flaws. Following the meeting Netanyahu said that the two had moved closer in the attempt to revise the agreement, referring primarily to monitoring missiles and sanctions.

Haaretz reports that developments in North and tension in the Gaza Strip are placing Israel in a state of emergency, arguing that Israel’s proactive strategy on both its southern and northern fronts runs the high risk that at some point, something may go wrong. On a similar theme, Maariv reports that Islamic Jihad has threatened to fire rockets in response to Israel’s destruction of the tunnel in Israeli territory. Yesterday, the military wing released a video clip yesterday threatening Israel, in which it showed its preparations for firing rockets. Maariv also reports that the site bombed in Syria on Wednesday night was reportedly used by Hezbollah to upgrade missiles. In a third article about the situation in the south, Maariv reports on a dispute between Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman over whether Israel is required to enable Hamas to search for bodies in a tunnel that was destroyed earlier this week in Israeli territory.

Israel Hayom reports that associates of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas have claimed that the PA will not block Hamas tunnels.

Yediot Ahronot reports that the annual rally in memory of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on Saturday night is expected to be attended by tens of thousands of people.